Category: 7. Science

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to alter complex drug molecules using light rather than toxic chemicals – a discovery that could accelerate and improve how medicines are designed and…

Paleontologists analyzing fossils from Ethiopia have described a previously unknown crocodile species that shared the landscape with a hominid species called Australopithecus afarensis. Named Crocodylus lucivenator, the formidable predator may…

A long-standing scientific debate over a mysterious crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. New research has confirmed that the Silverpit Crater was formed by a massive asteroid impact millions of years ago, which likely triggered…

How does a tiny cluster of cells become an embryo with a head, trunk, and tail? And how do thousands of genes coordinate this development? A new imaging method makes it possible to visualize the activity of thousands of genes…

Researchers have discovered that specific gut bacteria work together with diet to “flip a metabolic switch” — transforming energy‑storing white fat into calorie‑burning beige fat in mice.

The study shows that a low‑protein diet may…

Astronomers have confirmed a supernova from a star that exploded 13 billion years ago, making it the earliest stellar explosion ever directly observed.

The finding places a single dying star into view from a time when the Universe was only about…